This plugin hasnt been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.

3. FTP Upload

Upload the pinterest-pin-it-button folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory of your site.

Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

A new menu item Pin It Button will appear in the main menu.

General Troubleshooting

If the “Pin It” button doesn’t get triggered on click (and your browser is redirected to a pinterest.com URL), please make sure that there is not extra code that is hijacking the click event (for example, a Google Analytics onclick event).

A popular known plugin that does this is Google Analytics for WordPress. Try unchecking one or both of these options: 1) Track outbound clicks & downloads, 2) Check Advanced Settings, then make sure “Track outbound clicks as pageviews” is un-checked.

Your theme must implement wp_footer() in the footer.php file, otherwise JavaScript will not load correctly. You can test if this is the issue by switching to a WordPress stock theme such as twenty-twelve temporarily.

Reviews

Plugin ‘descriptions’ transferring to Pinterest correct. This broke 9 months ago with WordPress 4.6.1. Plugin not compatible with WooCommerce as it completely strips the image descriptions. I have not received any updates though I have been paying for ‘Support and Updates’. Did get a reply to my support ticket in a day which appeared more like the technical punt to blame it on another plugin or my theme rather than to stay up to date with the latest WordPress. Seems more like a hobby plugin that the creator has cashed out on.

This plugin does not work with very popular plugin Page Builder (1 million + active installs) and likely any page/widget control themes or plugins. We have paid version of Pin It Pro and submitted an error code received whenever Page Builder was active on the site (not just the page in question). The answer we received was “sorry”. When we responded and asked them to provide a page / widget control plugin that would work with Pin It Pro, they again responded “sorry” – we cannot take our time on such trivial matters.

Changed: Moved some JavaScript files to load in the footer rather than the header to improve page speed load and compatibility with Pinterest code. Theme must implement wp_footer() to function properly.

Fixed: Count=”vertical” shortcode fixed.

Fixed: Updated button CSS/styles to improve compatibility with more themes.

Fixed: Checks theme support for post thumbnails and adds if needed.

Fixed: Various minor bug fixes.

1.4.1

Fixed: Various shortcode fixes.

Fixed: Moved some JavaScript files that were loaded in the footer to now load in the header to improve compatibility with themes not implementing wp_footer().

Fixed: Updated button CSS/styles to improve compatibility with more themes.

1.4.0

Changed/Fixed: Iframe removed when button set to “User selects image”. Fixes security issues and display errors on some web hosts.

Added: Displays new features available if upgrading “Pin It” Button Pro

1.3.1

Changed: Modified button JavaScript to be in line with Pinterest’s current button embed JavaScript

Fixed: Shortcode — If the attributes “url”, “image_url” and/or “description” aren’t specified, it will try and use the post’s custom page url, image url and/or description if found. If not found it will default to the post’s url, first image in post and post title.

Fixed: Changed the way defaults are set upon install so it shouldn’t override previous settings

Fixed: Uninstall now removes custom post meta fields

1.3.0

Added: Added a Pin Count option (horizontal or vertical)

Added: Added new button style where image is pre-selected (like official Pinterest button)